Dale DeGroff

This was my Uncle Angelo Gencarelli's recipe, which he submitted to the Four Roses whiskey people in a contest—and which won. Uncle Angelo always had two bowls of eggnog at Christmas, one for the kids and one for the grown-ups. What made the recipe special was its lightness: twice as much milk as cream, and the white of the egg whipped stiff and folded into the mix, so it was almost like clouds on top of the eggnog.
Eggs are safe for beverage use if they are handled properly: Mix the egg with the spirit before adding the other ingredients, and if you handle the eggshells, wash your hands before handling the other ingredients.

Editor's Note: The recipe and introductory text below are excerpted from Dale DeGroff's book The Craft of the Cocktail. Angostura bitters contribute some of the complexity of an alcoholic drink and even a bit of the alcohol. However, because this recipe calls for only a few dashes of bitters, the resulting drink's alcohol content is still very low.
This is the drinking man's nonalcoholic drink.